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At Tiananmen Square

For Students 3rd - 5th
Tiananmen Square is a modern creation, China being a land where large public gathering places were not traditionally built. See a video of the people gathered together at the end of the day to watch the Chinese flag come down. Read the...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fei Ch'i Hao

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham's Modern History Sourcebook offers a Chinese Christian's account of the Boxer Rebellion in China.
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CNN

Cnn: China's Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of major events in China, in the first eight decades of the twentieth century, including the rise and fall of Yuan.
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Columbia University

The Song Dynasty in China (960 1279)

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the Song Dynasty that answers the question: "Does modernity begin with the Song dynasty?" Author discusses economic growth, commercialization, urbanization, and intellectual life while studying a 12th-century scroll.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government and Politics of China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government and Politics of China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.
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Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking: Virtual Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual tour of the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, and learn about the history of writing in ancient civilizations, the invention of paper, the spread to Europe, the impact it had, how paper is made, the evolution of...
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Hall of Jades

For Students 9th - 10th
A permanent Field Museum exhibit explores the history of jade from Neolithic through modern day China. Through this companion resource, discover the elements which make jade cherished in China and around the world.
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Curated OER

Oracle Bone Inscription

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Logoi.com contains great information on the origins of Chinese writing. It covers such topics as: oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, and the beginnings of modern writing. This site is a great site to check out on the subject.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...